Cigar-maker&#39;s machine.



PATENTED JULY 5, 1904.

E. WINTERER.

CIGAR MAKERS MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23, 1903.

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EMIL l/VINTERER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ClGAR-MAKERS MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,024, dated July 5, 1904,

Application filed October 23, 1903. Serial No. 178,218. (No model.)

To all w/wm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMIL VVINTERER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigar-Makers Machine, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description.

My invention relates to a machine for use by cigar-makers wherein I have combined for use in a convenient way the several devices required and employed by workmen in the manufacture of cigars.

It is a common practice for cigar-makers to thrust the head end of a cigar-bunch into the mouth for the purpose of shaping the bunch and of extracting with the teeth one or more pieces of tobacco filler, and it is also common to use a gum or paste, which may be flavored, as with licorice, in order to make the flag of the wrapper adhere to the head of the cigar in finishing the same. Of course this practice of inserting the bunch into the mouth is highly objectionable on sanitary grounds, and in large factories the paste or gum is likely to be used by a number of different workers who return the unused stuff at the end of the day to a common receptacle which is ordinarily exposed to access during the night by vermin, so that the substance becomes contaminated and unhealthful. to overcome these objections by the provision of a simple machine which not only enables the manufacture of cigars to be carried on in a manner free from objection from a hygienic standpoint, but also lessens the labor of the operator, facilitates the work, and incidentally increases the output.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the subjoined description, and the actual scope thereof will be defined by the annexed claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference inclicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of amachine for use by cigar-makers constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional elevation through I seek being supported in a position convenient for the workman by a suitable form of frame 6. The table is provided with a longitudinal slot 7 and in front of this slot is a cutting-block '8, which is secured in a suitable way to the table, so as to assume a position convenient to the operator.

Between the cutting-block 8 and the longitudinal slot 7 is a casing or housing 9, which is provided with an opening 10 in its front side, said opening being closed by a door or slide 11 when the machine is not in use. Within the casing 9 is arranged a horizontally-slidable carriage 12, the sides of which have engagement with suitable guide-rollers 13, that are loosely mounted on the opposing sides of the casing within the latter, whereby the carriage is adapted to have a traversing movement imparted thereto. This carriage supports a water-reservoir 14, which is adapted to be closed by a removable cover 15, the latter having a slot 16 in ,its top part, as shown by Figs. 2 and 3. Within the reservoir and above the Water-level therein is arranged a horizontal shaft 17, which extends across the reservoir and is suitably journaled in bearings therein. This shaft is equipped with a rotary moistener 18, shown by the drawings in the form of a wheel 18", having an absorbent circumferential wiping-surface 18", the latter being formed by sponge or a suitable fabric. One end of the moistening-roll shaft is extended or prolonged through the side of the reservoir and its cover, and on this extended end is secured a gear-pinion 19, which has intermeshing relation with a gear-rack 20, that is secured firmly to a side of the casing 9 within the latter, said gear-rack being above and parallel to the path of the horizontally-movable carriage 12, on which is mounted the moistening device. The carriage also supports a base 21, adapted to receive a receptacle 22, the latter being designed to contain the mucilaginous or gummy substance which is to be employed by the cigar-maker in cementing or fastening the flag and the tip end of a cigar-wrapper around the head end of a cigar-bunch. I prefer to make this receptacle 22 quite small in size in order that it may contain a limited quantity of the cementitious material, said receptacle being held on the base by fitting it within an annular holder 23, which is secured to said base 21, thus allowing the receptacle to be easily placed in position and to be readily removed from the holder. The removable receptacle 22 is fitted on the carriage 9 in front of themoistening-reservoir 14, and the operator is able to obtain easy access to the receptacle and also to the rotary wheel 18 for moistening the fingers by placing them on said moisteningwheel when the carriage is projected beyond the casing 9, as will presently appear. I prefor to equip the carriage with abrush-holder 24, which is shown by Fig. 2 as being secured to the front side of the moisteningreservoir, and in this holder is confined a brush 25, which is adapted to dip into the material contained in the receptacle 22.

The carriage is mounted or supported within the casing 9 for horizontal movement in the plane above the surface of the cuttingblock 8, and this carriage, with its contained parts, is normally housed within said casing; but it is adapted to be quickly moved through the open front end of said casing by a treadleoperated mechanism, which I will now describe. The rear part of the carriage 12 is prolonged or extended through a suitable slot or opening in the casing 9, as shown by Fig. 2, and this rear extremity of said carriage has a longitudinal slot 26, which is spanned by a cross-pin 27, the latter being secured to the slotted rear extremity of the carriage. This pin 27 is arranged to play in a slot 28 in an upright lever 29, the latter being fulcrumed below the table by the employment of a horizontal shaft 30, which is shown by Figs. 1 and 2 as being mounted in suitable lugs 31 on the frame 6. The lever 29 is provided at its lower extremity with a counterweight 32, adapted to normally move the lever to a substantially vertical position and cause its slotted upper end 28 to pull on the pin 27 and draw the carriage in a rearward direction, so that the reservoir and the gum-receptacle will be housed within said casing 9. The rock-shaft 30 is provided with a forwardlyextending arm 33, which is pivoted to the upper extremity of a vertically-disposed link 34, the latter being pivoted at its lower end to a treadle 35, which is idly mounted on an arbor or red 36, secured in depending lugs 37 on the frame 6, near the front side thereof, whereby the treadle is within convenient reach of the operators foot.

The moistening-reservoir 14:, together with the base 21, is secured, preferably, to the carriage 12, so as to be removable at will therefrom, and this allows the moistening device and the gum-receptacle to be easily removed for the purpose of cleaning the same, although the supply of water in the reservoir may be replenished at will and a fresh cup 22 may be placed in the carriage without dismounting the reservoir and the base. It will be seen that on the forward movement of the carriage and its contained parts the gear 19 will mesh with the fixed rack 20, so as to impart rotary motion to the shaft 17 and to the mOisteningwheel, thus causing the wheel to rotate in the liquid-bath of the reservoir and to present a wet surface for access by the operators fingers.

On the top of the easing9 is arranged agage groove or channel 38, in which is fitted an ad: justable gage 39, adapted to be used by the cigar-maker in determining the length of the cigar-bunches. The casing 9 is also provided with a rack 40, adapted to receive the cigars after they shall have been wrapped by the operator, this rack serving to hold the cigars and allow the operator to readily tie them into bunches, as is commonly practiced in the art. hen the bundle is completed, it may be placed on the table 5 back of the casing 9,

and I provide another rack 41, which is fixed to the table for the purpose of preventing the bundle from being thrown off said table.

The travel or movement of the carriage and its contained parts may be regulated or determined by the employment of a stop-bar 12, which is provided with slotted arms &3, adapted to be secured by screws 44k to the table 5 in rear of the casing 9. This stopbar is provided with a cushion or buffer 45, which is in the path of the lever 29, and when the treadle 35 is operated this lever is turned so as to strike against the cushion of the stopbar and impart the desired forward move ment to the carriage and the devices mounted thereon. It is evident that the screws 44: may be slackened to allow the adjustment of the stop-bar and its arms, whereby the bar may be moved toward or away from the lever 29 in a Way to determine the throw of said lever and the extent of movement of the carriage. I also provide the machine with a cutter mechanism for the purpose of slitting the head of the cigar-bunch in order to increase the draft through the cigar, and this cutter mechanism is available by the operator in performing other kinds of work on the bunch, such as cutting off surplus material from the tuck of the cigar-bunch to securethe proper "length and the surplus part of the wrapper at the head of the cigar. On one side of the casing 9, at the front part thereof, is secured a bracket 46, which is adapted to hold athimble 4C7 removably on the casing. This thimble is 1 provided with a flared end 48, which faces the operator and allows the easy introduction of the head end of a cigar-bunch into the thimble, the latter being also provided with a longitudinal slot 49, which is formed in the upper side of said thimble in a position to be exposed by the bracket 46. The cutter mechanism is shown as consisting of two members 51. of the casing by a pin 52, and the member 51 is pivotally connected to this member 50 by the same pin 52, which serves to fulcrum the member 50 on the casing. The movement of the lower cutter member 50 in a downward direction is arrested by a stop-pin 54, which is secured to the casing in the path of said cutter member, and this member is normally drawnin a downward direction by the action of a coiled spring 55, the latter being fastened to the casing.

The two members 50 51 of the cutter are provided with grooved or recessed cutting edges 56, adapted to shear past one another, and the upper member 51 is extended or prolonged to form a blade 57; the latter being disposed to work in the slot 49 of the thimble 47 for the purpose of slitting the head end of the cigar-bunch when desired. The cutter mechanism is actuated by a foot-treadle, 58, which is loosely hung on the arbor or rod 36 at a point alongside of the other treadle, 35, which actuates the moistening-carriage. To the treadle 58 is pivoted the lower end of a vertically-movable bar 59, the same being arranged to pass through a slot 60 in the table and having a curved end 61, which is pivoted at 62 to the upper cutter member 51, said vertically-movable bar 59 being also pivoted by a pin 63 to the rear end of the lower cutter member 50. (SeeFig. 1.) WVhen the treadle 58 is depressed by the operators foot, the bar 59 is pulled in a downward direction, so that it will turn the lower cutter member 50 on the pin 52 and move it in an upward direction. Simultaneously with the upward movement of the lower cutter member 50 the bar 59, through its curved end 61, acts on the upper cutter member 51 so as to depress it toward the lower cutter member 50, whereby the two cutter members are operated by a common bar 59, so as to close them and operate efficiently in cutting the cigar-bunch.

The member 50 is pivoted on one side The cutter member 51 is also provided with a thumb-piece 64, which may be operated by hand either to close the cutter device or to use the upper member 51 in slitting the end of the bunch.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patcnt- 1. A cigar-makers machine, having a casing, a moistening-carriage, and means external of the casing for actuating said moistening-carriage, whereby the latter may be moved out of the casing to a position convenient for access by the operator.

2. A cigar-makers machine, having a cutting-table, a moistener, a casing, a carriage movable relatively to said casing and supporting said moistener and means for moving said carriage across the table.

3. A cigar-makers machine having a cutting-table, a casing, a carriage movable across said table, a gum-receptacle on said carriage and means for normally housing the carriage within the casing, and imparting movement to said carriage across said table.

A. A cigar-makers machine, having a carriage, means for imparting movement thereto, a reservoir provided with a rotary moistener, and means operable to rotate said moistener by the movement of the carriage.

5. A cigar-makers machine having a casing, a carriage slidably mounted therein, a moistener supported on the carriage, and a gumreceptacle fitted to said carriage adjacent to said moistener.

6. A cigar-makers machine having a cutting-table, means for supporting a moistener and a gum-receptacle, a counterpoised lever connected operatively with said means, and a treadle for operating said lever.

7. A cigar-makers machine, having a moistener, a gum-receptacle, a carriage adapted to support said moistener and gum-receptacle, means for determining the travel of the carriage, and means for operating said carriage.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMIL W INTERER.

Witnesses:

. CARL KUNERT,

WALTER J. KENT. 

